Wake up and understand that apathy and complacency regarding our responsibilities to our children and the future of our nation is just as dangerous as any threat from outside enemies. To individually care enough to at least be informed and interested in your local schools and how they are being run is the best first step in making a change happen. To go further, and be a volunteer in some capacity or to really become involved in the system and find new ways to make the changes happen, that's the key to open the doors which now seem locked and bolted.

It costs about $8,000 to $10,000/year/child to educate our children. A school dropout is more likely to be incarcerated than a diploma earner and less likely to be employed. It costs about $41,000/year/person to incarcerate our citizens. We should ...